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IVES 9 IVES Conference Series 9 A better understanding of the climate effect on anthocyanin accumulation in grapes using a machine learning approach

A better understanding of the climate effect on anthocyanin accumulation in grapes using a machine learning approach

Abstract

The current climate changes are directly threatening the balance of the vineyard at harvest time. The maturation period of the grapes is shifted to the middle of the summer, at a time when radiation and air temperature are at their maximum. In this context, the implementation of corrective practices becomes problematic. Unfortunately, our knowledge of the climate effect on the quality of different grape varieties remains very incomplete to guide these choices. During the Innovine project, original experiments were carried out on Syrah to study the combined effects of normal or high air temperature and varying degrees of exposure of the berries to the sun. Berries subjected to these different conditions were sampled and analyzed throughout the maturation period. Several quality characteristics were determined, including anthocyanin content. The objective of the experiments was to investigate which climatic determinants were most important for anthocyanin accumulation in the berries. Temperature and irradiance data, observed over time with a very thin discretization step, are called functional data in statistics. We developed the procedure SpiceFP (Sparse and Structured Procedure to Identify Combined Effects of Functional Predictors) to explain the variations of a scalar response variable (a grape berry quality variable for example) by two or three functional predictors (as temperature and irradiance) in a context of joint influence of these predictors. Particular attention was paid to the interpretability of the results. Analysis of the data using SpiceFP identified a negative impact of morning combinations of low irradiance (lower than about 100 μmol m−2 s−1 or 45 μmol m−2 s−1 depending on the advanced-delayed state of the berries) and high temperature (higher than 25oC). A slight difference associated with overnight temperature occurred between these effects identified in the morning.

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Publication date: May 31, 2022

Issue: Terclim 2022

Type: Article

Authors

Girault Gnanguenon Guesse1, Patrice Loisel1, Bénedicte Fontez1, Nadine Hilgert1 and Thierry Simonneau2

1MISTEA, Université Montpellier, INRAE, Institut Agro, Montpellier, France
2LEPSE, Université Montpellier, INRAE, Institut Agro, Montpellier, France

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Keywords

machine learning, anthocyanin, temperature, irradiance, SpiceFP

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IVES Conference Series | Terclim 2022

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